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Christiansborg (July 2011)
Norwegian neo-Nazi Anders Behring Breivik set off a bomb in Oslo before massacring 69 people (mostly children) on Utoya Island on this day. In prison, Breivik has become a supporter of Donald Trump and Russia under Vladimir Putin.
Denmark flew flags in solidarity with Norway.
Mt. Hood (Oregon – July 2026)
Today’s photo was taken at the turnaround point on the “Timberline Lodge to Zig Zag Canyon” trail on AllTrails.
Edinburgh, Scotland from Calton Hill
Psałteria & Instalacja Palatium Mieszka I i Dobrawy (July 2021 – Poznan, Poland)
Beluga Point (Alaska – July 2023)
We pulled over at Beluga Point, a rocky outpost jutting into the waters of Turnagain Arm, on our way to Girdwood. The place is named for the white whales that are often spotted from this location as they make their way up and down the inlet. Belugas are supposedly seen from mid-July through August when salmon are running in Cook Inlet. Although we were there in late July, we saw nothing. In addition to the beluga, supposedly you can see the black fins of orcas as they pursue the white belugas.
Fortunately, we did see orcas a few days later south of Seward.
“Perpetual Ending” by the French contemporary artist Zevs
For generations, the Blower Shed of the Völklingen Ironworks knew nothing but a relentless, ear-splitting crescendo. Massive gas-blowing engines and humming electric motors roared twenty-four hours a day, pushing thousands of cubic meters of air into the hungry bellies of the blast furnaces. The air inside was always thick—clogged with the bitter tang of sulfur, the biting heat of molten metal, and a constant, swirling rain of dark dust. Men worked here in twelve-hour shifts, their faces blackened, communicating only through frantic hand signals over the industrial din. To them, this hall was a living, breathing monster that never slept.
The place closed in 1986. The machines would never turn again, but in their quiet retirement, they had finally become art.